Wow! Someone desperately needed that: https://auction.nicola-ac.de/catalog113/?page=1&search=%23442&btn=Suchen&filter=
Or possibly yet another ruse by an auction house or some associated insider to create an illusion of perceived "market value" ? Wouldn't be a first time ...
It's like $430 for two front lenses on https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/p123/the-garagista-collection/lots/n0837-pair-of-ferrari-dino-246-front-indicator-lenses/1340216 when you can get those new for $70 each... Pretty much all the Dino stuff on that auction was at head scratching prices...
These are good for a few Darwin / Batty awards: https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/p123/the-garagista-collection/lots/n1116-ferrari-f40-steering-wheel-cover/1340510 https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/p123/the-garagista-collection/lots/n0457-new-ferrari-f40-indoor-car-cover/1340000
What else would “they” say, “officially” ? Did “they” provide a method for someone to independently confirm ?
No scam. The item is now in very safe hands in Switzerland. € 46 K was the hammer price, add 16% commission, plus taxes and Swiss VAT 7.7%. Grand total about 57'000 Euros paid. Marcel Massini
You sound like an auction denier. The era of extreme gullibility is upon us. Common sense is so yesterday. If before people felt silly when they overpaid, now they advertise it. BTW - does anyone know the criteria for determining if these paint decals are orig. They seem to be all over the place and some of the repro's match. These went for 1600+ euros. https://auction.nicola-ac.de/showPhoto?posStart=1&albumID=636215
Not a “denier”, just cautious observer with 4+ decades of (nearly full-time) involvement (as a buyer, seller, owner, restorer, parts producer, etc) with vintage car world and having noticed/observed/followed* upon more than few questionable (alleged) transactions and other anomalies/oddities in the auction business over time. *Some follow-ups might take months or even years to discover what likely or really happened in some unusual sale. Some may never become quite clear.
Was joking. I agree. If the SEC regulated the auction industry there would be more than a few trips to the stripey hole. I think the absence of a regulatory body coupled with some of the new tech has really opened the gates.
FYI such bonded warehouses and custom freeports exist all over the world, not just in Geneva, Switzerland. I know of a huge one in the UK where there are hundreds of rare and super expensive cars, just parked. Marcel Massini
According to the article below the CH freeport also had primarily cars, wine, gold before. If you can share any more details, that would be interesting. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/08/the-bouvier-affair
Interesting this finds a home is Switzerland. I wonder who that could be. Other than the auction that started this thread, I have never seen one of these for sale. Never seen one shown or offered, much less in person. Maybe it is because it doesn’t have a Ferrari mark on it, they all were lost. However, all of the US dealer offerings I have seen with lots of cool samples, no one has ever had something like this. It makes sense US options didn’t have vinyl samples, but more surprised there was not another manufacturer that used The same material. Does anyone know if there were any other applications for this style of vinyl? More curious than anything. I realize anyone who knows is scooping any other possible samples in real time.
Greetz from Switzerland. The sample sold a few days ago (with six sheets) now joins a second one (with five color sheets). The one sold by Ni-Cola Auctions is actually the one that is pictured in the Dino Compendium, page 343 (2nd edition of the book). Marcel Massini
https://www.gilena.it/data/prod/orig/dino-compendium-206gt-246gt-246gts-edition-2022_15901-15626.jpg?1650462607
